Emelcat SCCL

Energy services and technology

Emelcat SCCL is a Catalan energy cooperative working in residential self-consumption, energy communities, energy storage, and industrial self-consumption. Its offering combines technical products—including compressed-air storage, battery storage, and generation units—with consulting, development, monitoring, and optimization services.

In-house software: EmelVisCom

EmelVisCom is central to the cooperative’s work. The platform visualizes and manages energy systems and is presented as an integrated solution for shared self-consumption and energy communities, with or without batteries. Emelcat has also developed system-sizing software and is working on tools for battery management and operation.

Projects and partnerships

• Collaboration with ERF Energia i Sostenibilitat S.L.U. on a Barcelona Provincial Council project to make municipal rooftops available for solar installations in Cardedeu.
• An energy community project in Barceloneta submitted to Barcelona City Council’s 2024–2027 participatory budgeting process.
• A working agreement with the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Services of Lleida to support its Business Office for the Energy Transition.
• Participation in the third Vèrtex Sustainable Construction Congress in Viladecans and AI Congress Barcelona.
• ARCA projects promoting energy communities in Salàs de Pallars and Oliana.
• An energy community with the Sagrat Cor housing cooperative and an urban energy unit project at Can Ricart.

Funding and programs

The cooperative has received support from several public programs: PADIH, for advice on implementing technologies for energy-community management systems (ref. 2023/DIH_01/000107), funded by the European Union’s Next Generation EU program, EOI, and Spain’s Ministry of Industry and Tourism; Enfortim (2021–2025); Impulsem (2024–2025); Singulars; BruixIT; and Barcelona City Council grants under the ESSBCN2030 strategy.

Cooperative profile

Emelcat is a Catalan cooperative (SCCL) active in the local energy sector. It focuses on the energy transition and energy independence through energy communities. Its technical director is Montserrat Mata Dumenjó.